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LUGWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Triple Concerto / Choral Fantasia Itzhak Perlman (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Daniel Barenboim (piano) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Warner Classics / CD - released 6/Feb/2017 ] "They perform with the most tender expression in the slow movement, and there are fireworks from all three in the last movement" James Longstaffe |
J. S. BACH
Yo-Yo Ma plays Bach (Includes 'Ave Maria' & 'Air on a G string') Yo-Yo Ma (cello) with Kenneth Cooper (harpsichord), Kathryn Stott (piano), Bobby McFerrin (vocals) & the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra [ Sony Music / CD - released 25/Feb/2018 ] CBS/Sony Classical has been accompanying superstar cellist Yo-Yo Ma for decades on his journey through the unsurpassed works written for his instrument by Johann Sebastian Bach. The label has now released important landmarks from that journey. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Trio No. 2 / Sonata for Cello & Piano Emanuel Ax (piano) Isaac Stern (violin) Yo Yo Ma (cello) [ Sony Artist Laureate / CD - released 1/Jul/1995 ] Recorded at Melodia Studio, St. Petersburg, Russia April & December 1994. |
GABRIEL FAURE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Emanuel Ax (piano) Isaac Stern (violin) Jaime Laredo (viola) [ Sony Music Expanded Edition / CD - released 1/Nov/1992 ] "The playing of Emanuel Ax and his distinguished colleagues does the music proud: it has stature and nobility, but also delicacy and reticence where appropriate" - Gramophone |
J. S. BACH
Bach: The Six (6) Cello Suites (1982 recording) Yo Yo Ma (cello) [ Sony Great Performances / 2 CD - released 1/May/2011 ] "In this sublime music, Casals will never have an equal. But if you want a more modern version you can't do better than Yo-Yo Ma, who brings purity and intensity, and is not overbearingly recorded." (BBC Music) |
TRADITIONAL
Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / The Silk Road Ensemble [ Sony Classical / CD - released 15/Aug/2016 ] Continuing their explorations on Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet, Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble go even deeper into cross-cultural studies on this 2005 soundtrack album. Produced for a 10-part series on Japan's NHK television network,... |
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
Piazzolla: Soul Of The Tango Yo-Yo Ma (cello) with Sergio & Odair Assar (guitars), Kathryn Stott (piano), Nestor Marconi (bandoneon), Antonio Agri (violin) etc [ Sony Classical / CD - released 10/Sep/2009 ] Yo-Yo Ma might seem like an unlikely protagonist for the tango, but this intrepid musical explorer has taken his task seriously, collaborating with experienced tango musicians. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
New Impossibilities Yo-Yo Ma (cello) & The Silk Road Ensemble / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Miguel Harth-Bedoya [ Sony Music / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] Yo-Yo Ma Brings Us New Impossibilities - A New Release Featuring Silk Road Project and Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
BACH / MEYER / SAINT-SAENS / MORRICONE / VIVALDI / TAN DUN / etc
The Essential Yo-Yo Ma (Gold Series) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) with various guests & accompaniments [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 2/Feb/2018 ] "Discs with snippets like this have to be taken for what they are: appetizers for further exploration or just agreeable easy listening. What is never in doubt is the high quality of the playing and recording." (MusicWeb) |
TRADITIONAL
Songs Of Joy & Peace Yo-Yo Ma (cello) & friends, including Alison Krauss, Edgar Meyer, Dave Brubeck, Joshua Redman, Chris Botti, etc [ Sony Classical / CD - released 13/Oct/2008 ] "joy can't exist in our world without the comfort of peace. As we all draw closer and closer together in this world, nothing is more important." Yo-Yo Ma |
Yo-Yo Ma (cello) with special guests
Obrigado Brazil (remastered) [ Sony Music / CD - released 3/Jun/2003 ] Cellist Yo-Yo Ma returns to the sounds and rhythms of latin America. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven for Three: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 5 Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 4/Mar/2022 ] "I wasn't expecting to be absolutely bowled over by Colin Matthews's arrangement of the Fifth Symphony, but I was - and still am...Matthews has done a most impressive job." Gramophone |
BACH / BOCCHERINI
Simply Baroque Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman [ Sony Classical / CD - released 10/Oct/2016 ] "Listening to the two Boccherini works on this marvellous CD reminds you again of Ma's uncanny technical facility, at once elegant and unselfconsciously virtuosic. Ton Koopman provides the cadenzas and the performances are pure delight." (Gramophone) |
ENNIO MORRICONE
Yo-Yo Ma plays Ennio Morricone Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Rome Sinfonietta Orchestra, Ennio Morricone [ Sony Classical / CD - released 18/Oct/2004 ] The genesis for this recording began during the Academy Awards in 2001, when Yo-Yo Ma was performing the Academy Award-winning score for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon on the Oscar telecast, and met Morricone, who was also in attendance for his... |
TRADITIONAL
Sing Me Home Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / Silk Road Ensemble, with Lisa Fischer, Gregory Porter, Bill Frisell, and others [ Sony Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2016 ] The new album from Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble will surprise and delight with imaginative sounds that transform the traditional musical landscape. SING ME HOME is the sixth album by the Grammy®-nominated Silk Road Ensemble and its founding... |
J. S. BACH
Bach Trios Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Chris Thile (mandolin), Edgar Meyer (double bass) [ Nonesuch / CD - released 20/Jul/2017 ] "Thile and Meyer, with their backgrounds in bluegrass and American roots music, bring an appealing swing and spontaneity to the Bach…Ma draws a glorious palette of sounds from his cello, which sings and weeps and whispers" Five Stars BBC Music |
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EDGAR MEYER / TRADITIONAL
Appalachia Waltz Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Edgar Meyer (bass) Mark O'Connor (violin) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 20/Jul/2012 ] Yo-Yo Ma joins double-bassist Edgar Meyer and fiddler/violinist Mark O'Connor |
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN
Salonen: Cello Concerto Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Sony Classical / CD - released 3/May/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 - Contemporary |
JOHN WILLIAMS
Yo-Yo Ma - A Gathering of Friends Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / New York Philharmonic Orchestra, John Williams [ Sony Music / CD - released 20/May/2022 ] The 40-year friendship between two musical titans, John Williams & Yo-Yo Ma, reaches a new peak with 'A Gathering of Friends.' The incredible warmth & brilliance of composer/conductor John Williams is felt throughout this album. |
YO-YO MA / STUART DUNCAN / EDGAR MEYER / CHRIS THILE
Not Our First Goat Rodeo Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Stuart Duncan (violin), Edgar Meyer (double bass), Chris Thile (mandolin) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 19/Jun/2020 ] The music featured in this stunning album is so complex to pull off that the group likens it to a goat rodeo - an aviation term for a situation in which 100 things need to go right to avoid disaster |
